Sunday, 4 April 2021, 5:04 pm
The opening of a new wood processing plant in Rotorua in
a few weeks will help alleviate New Zealand’s timber
shortage, say Red Stag group CEO, Marty Verry.
The
plant, says Verry, will add five percent to the capacity of
the New Zealand wood processing sector. That equates to
around two thousand dwelling units, or most of the estimated
shortfall in current timber supply.
The factory will
produce cross laminated timber, or CLT as it is commonly
referred to. CLT is a new ‘mass timber’ construction
product being adopted rapidly worldwide. It is made by
gluing successive layers of timber laid crossways over the